The Road Runner Update
September 2022
Welcome Back Mt. Taylor Students!
Mrs. Munson's 2nd Grade
Mrs. Spencer's 5th Grade
PE
A Note From Our Principal, Dr. Ayala
Mt. Taylor Families,
1. Anti-bullying campaign- bullying will not be tolerated
2. Proper use of technology for school
3. School spirit
4. Quality learning in reading, math, science, social studies and lessons in being kind
Together we will make this a great school year and enjoy many successes!
Dr. A
Reminders...
Bell Schedule
Lunch Time
Please setup your ParentVUE account today, Click the link below!
Upcoming Events in September...
iMSSA Beginning of Year
Students have until October 14th to meet their AR goal!
Students of the Month
September Breakfast & Lunch Menus
PreK
Kindergarten
1st Grade
Hello First Grade Families!
We had a great start to the school year and can’t wait to see how much we’ll learn. Mrs. Knott, Mrs. Jaramillo, and Ms. Kristy would like to thank you for all your help so far. Here is a summary of what we’ve been working on.
Math
We are going over counting on to add. For example, in the problem 6+3, we want the students to start at the number 6 and count on 3 more times, “Six, 7, 8, 9, the answer is 9!”
Reading
In reading we are reviewing sounds learned in kindergarten. We also are working on handwriting and writing words.
Social Studies
We are about to finish our unit on Responsible Citizenship. We spent time learning about rules, laws, trustworthiness, and many other important characteristics of someone with good citizenship.
Science
We will begin our unit on light and sound.
We will begin our monthly i-station testing the 1st week of September. Please have your child bring a pair of headphones for these tests.
Thanks once again!
Mrs. Jaramillo, Mrs. Knott, and Ms. Kristy
2nd Grade
Dear Parent/Guardian:
Welcome to second grade! We are very excited about having your child in our classes. It will
take effort from all of us to have a successful year, and we pledge to do our parts. Make sure
you are looking in your child’s backpack and asking their child about their day. It is important
that your child spends some time reading with you. They will be taking AR books home soon
that they will test on in school.
So much will happen in Second Grade! Because of this, parents as well as children may have
some concerns about what will happen. It is extremely important to keep in mind that we all
build on small successes. Each child will progress at his/her own rate, increasing skills, as
he/she is ready. Maintaining each child's self-esteem and building a safe foundation for future growth will always remain a main concern in our classes.
If you have any questions or concerns throughout the year, please contact us by note, a phone call before or after school, or through email. We look forward to spending the year with you and your child. Let's have a wonderful year!
Sincerely,
Mt. Taylor’s 2nd Grade team
3rd Grade
*Math- We are working on Properties of Multiplication and Division and Solving Problems with Units of 2-5 and 10. Please start studying multiplication facts daily at home.
*ELA- We will be finishing up Classic Tales and beginning the unit titled Rattenborough's Guide to Animals. Also, A.R. Goals have been set for this 9-weeks. We will be having school-wide celebrations for those students who meet their quarterly goals.
*Science- We will be finishing up our unit on Life Cycles and starting Social and Group Behaviors. We will also be learning about Animal Classification in conjunction with ELA.
*Social Studies- We will be finishing up our unit on Communities. We will start learning about Geography topics such as map skills, directions, landforms, etc.
*Students should be reading for at least 15-20 minutes daily.
4th Grade
Mr. Jon’s Science Class
Topic: Parts of a Plant Presentation
Objective: To present the parts of a plant and discuss its functions in front of the class.
Outcome: Students have excitedly presented their plants in front of their classmates. Also, they answered some questions about the topic. In result, they learned something while having fun. Kudos to everyone!
Mrs. Willcox's ELA Class
Objective - Students draw pictures or write an example of each vocabulary word, on an individual white board.
Word Bank - curious, policy, ranged, temporary, several, frequently
Ms. Emee's Math Class
Students are reviewing place value using Nearpod during Math. Nearpod is a great tool that brings lessons to life making them interactive and fun.
5th Grade
Hello Parents and Guardians! We have really enjoyed getting to know and teaching your children. In September, we have lots of wonderful learning going on in the 5th grade classrooms.
For Social Studies, we will be working on the west region of the United States of America. We will be working on this section for 2 weeks. For Science, we are also working on Energy and how it is transferred in our Stemscopes books. To wrap up 5th grade Science Energy and Plants lessons, we’ll be starting our own mini indoor gardens.
For reading we will be keeping busy in ELA reading short fiction and nonfiction to focus on explicit meanings, inferences, and context clues. There is a new spelling list every week and spelling tests on Friday. Our two big projects are a novel study and an interactive notebook.
For math, we will continue to work in Eureka on decimal numbers– rounding, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing them. We will then move onto adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.
Please remind your child to bring Chromebooks and library books back to school every day!
6th Grade
Welcome Back!! We are predicting a great year. Please make sure that your students have their school supplies, headphones, and have returned all of their required forms. We have changed over to Synergy for grades and Class Dojo for communication. Please be sure you have logged into both.
In Social Studies, we are already traveling around the world and learning about major world religions and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Next week, we will move into the Solar System and visit the Moon, Sun, and other parts of the Milky Way.
In math we are working on our financial literacy unit. We have learned how to complete a job application, figure out federal taxes, social security taxes, budget for housing, electricity, vehicle expenses and unexpected life situations. Next week we will begin working on algebraic expressions. Please make sure students have basic calculators for class every day and that they are working on basic arithmetic at home through IXL.